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Marley Eternit cladding for London
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Rainscreen cladding panels from Marley Eternit have brought a 'contemporary feel' and lightweight image' to a new secondary School in London.
Marley Eternit's Lamina External high pressure laminate panels in Birch Grey and Dark Grey have been used around windows and doors on a large proportion of the elevations at Ashmole School in Southgate, north London They were specified by the Tribal Property Services group, that had used them "happily" before, for the three-storey, £13 million Ashmole School that was a design and build project by the construction group Galliford Try
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The School had grown on an ad-hoc basis over the years, leading to a situation where it was unable to utilise its extensive land site to best advantage.
For further development, a clear strategy was required.
The main issues for the School were how to maintain optimum teaching and learning facilities for 1,300 students while a new School building was under construction, and how the capital could be acquired to progress the building in the absence of funding from the local authority.
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The issue of funding was solved through collaboration with Galliford Try subsidiary Try Accord where the School exchanged land with a housing developer for a new school.
Tribal architects' Ash Design Consultants (now Nightingale Associates) were appointed by Galliford Try to help solve the issue of continuity.
Ash Design Consultant's approach to this was to discuss the varying needs of all the stakeholders involved - the housing developer, school governors and management team, local authority planners and architects, and the LA's education, technical services and special projects departments.
Some of these needs were hidden or informal such as security of staff and students, movements between classes, social areas and the entrance to the School as well as its external areas and outlook including views to the high-quality environment surrounding the School.
To maintain continuity, Tribal advised building in phases, with the first being the construction of the new homes on land not currently used by the School.
Teaching continued in the old teaching block adjacent to the site.
In the meantime, and with the money available from the sale of the unused land, construction of the new School building started on land also unused by the School.
The whole project took three years to complete.
The 6mm Lamina External panels were rivet fixed by LSC to Marley Eternit's omega and zed system.
These simple metal components are easily installed in a similar fashion to standard timber battens but have the added benefit of being fire and rot proof.
Tribal's project architect Gary Waugh said: "Marley Eternit's Lamina External cladding gives a contemporary feel and variety to elevational treatment". Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
"A totally brick building would lack clean lines, lightweight appearance and finesse at this scale.".
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